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Cheating, getting an edge, pushing the boundaries, skirting the intent of a rule ... it only seems like the Patriots invented the art form. But it has been going on for years. Here's how in various sports, with contributions from Courant staff writers John Altavilla, Dom Amore, Mike Anthony, Desmond Conner, Matthew Conyers and Tom Yantz: Raise/lower the mower: Tiger Stadium, during manager Spark Anderson's reign, was notorious for having higher and thicker grass than other American League baseball parks. Those Detroit Tigers teams were known for hitting power, but not speed. A slower infield helped turned what would have been ground ball hits in other parks into outs for most of...

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Cheating, getting an edge, pushing the boundaries, skirting the intent of a rule ... it only seems like the Patriots invented the art form. But it has been going on for years. Here's how in various sports, with contributions from Courant staff writers...

Hope Bobby Bowden enjoyed his tenure as the winningest coach in Division I college football history. The 111 wins erased from Penn State's record were restored by the NCAA, restoring Joe Paterno as the No. 1 coach in career victories. The victories were...

NEW YORK — Eleven months after Roger Clemens left Boston to embark on the twilight of his career, Pedro Martinez arrived as the new pitching ace of the Red Sox.Over the next seven seasons, Martinez was among the best pitchers in baseball while Clemens...

Don't strike out on major-league game tickets. Connecticut-based Pinstripes Travel Club is offering discounted grandstand reserved seats for select New York Yankees home games in April, May, June July and August. Order your tickets now at 860-510-0129 and...

SOUTHINGTON – Southington's Zac Susi and Liam Scafariello, who play on a team of traditional excellence, signed letters of intent Wednesday with another team of traditional excellence — UConn.
"The facilities, coaching staff, the program, the...

Matt Barnes finished the season with the Red Sox at Fenway Park. But he is not forgetting his roots.Barnes, from Bethel, and his former UConn teammate, George Springer, who is on the Astros, are going to run a clinic for Little Leaguers at the Newtown...

Word in Michigan is suggesting that Wolverines AD Dave Brandon is in trouble and, the website coachingsearch.com reported, citing sources, that the school has "gauged interest" from UConn's Warde Manuel and BC's Brad Bates.
Hey, it makes sense....

WEST HARTFORD -- For Sean Newcomb, these handful of days are the calm between storms.
Newcomb, a 6-foot-5 junior lefthander, led the Hartford baseball team to arguably its best season in history by going 8-2 with a 1.25 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 93 1/3...

David Ortiz homered twice and tied a career high by driving in six runs as Boston rallied to take down Houston 10-7 Saturday in the third game of a four-game series at Fenway Park. Daniel Nava had three hits and drove in two runs, while Yoenis Cespedes...

A year ago, Alabama was the preseason No. 1 team in The Associated Press college football poll and Florida State was No. 11. When the season was over, Alabama was No. 7 and Florida State was the national champion. Keep that in mind as you peruse the...

The first career grand slam for Jose Altuve was one of three homers crushed by the Houston Astros as they beat the Boston Red Sox 8-1 Sunday to earn a split of a four-game set at Fenway Park. "The big guy put a charge into that one," Astros...

As she stepped foot onto the turf at Fenway Park, lifelong Red Sox fan Sharon Brouillard paused for a moment and remarked, "you know, this is sacred ground." But tread upon it she did, as she marched up to the infield to sing "The Star...

Curt Schilling, who won 216 games in 20 major-league seasons, announced Wednesday on WEEI radio in Boston his belief that a recent bout with cancer was caused by chewing tobacco.Schilling, who declared victory over cancer in February, had not disclosed...

NEW YORK -- Brandon McCarthy continued his resurgence by firing a four-hitter as the New York Yankees salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 3-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Thursday afternoon.Switch-hitting third baseman Chase Headley...

Rainaud Leads By 3Adam Rainaud shot 66-69 Tuesday and has a three-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Connecticut PGA Championship at the Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Mass. Rainaud, assistant pro at the Black Hall Club in Old...

BOSTON -- It probably doesn't mean that much, but the Boston Red Sox have gotten hot. The last-place, defending World Series champions erupted for seven runs in the sixth inning and roared from behind to their fourth straight win, a come-from-behind 9-4...

Jake Marisnick's two-run, ground-rule double in the 10th inning was the deciding hit, as Houston edged Boston 5-3 in the second game of a four-game series at Fenway Park. Craig Breslow (2-4) allowed singles to Gregorio Petit and Dexter Fowler to begin...

Little could John M. Greene, sports editor of The Courant, have known what he was chronicling, or how prophetic his words were as he began his dispatch from Hackensack, N.J., where the local pro team, the Hartford Senators, were playing an exhibition game...

"Andre Dawson," Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully once said, "has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day. Aren't we all?" Yes, so use some of your remaining time constructively by identifying the player or players who:
(1) Won...